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'Hobbit' tools found near remains
physorg.com ^ | October 17, 2005

Posted on 10/17/2005 2:56:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Researchers say they have found "Hobbit" tools on an Indonesian island near where the remains of nine ancient individuals were found.

The researchers have excavated more than 500 stone tools within several miles of the remains of Homo floresiensis, believed to have inhabited the site from an estimated 95,000 to 12,000 years ago, the BBC reported Friday.

"At Mata Menge there are hundreds and hundreds of in situ stone artifacts with Stegodon fossils," Mike Morwood, of the University of New England, director of the excavations, told the BBC News.

Last year, the announcement that a partial skeleton about three feet tall -- dubbed the Hobbit -- caused a sensation when it was discovered and scientists said it was a human species new to science.


TOPICS: History; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: archaeology; flores; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; history; hobbit; homofloresiensis; mikemorwood; multiregionalism; origins
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To: dsc
Did the eskimo hunt them?

No. Only straight, white men can eliminate entire species.

/sarcasm

21 posted on 10/18/2005 6:03:55 AM PDT by BostonianRightist (I looted New Orleans and all I got was 40 of these lousy taglines.)
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To: dsc

Humans arrived in North America 13,500 years ago or earlier.

The Eskimo didn't spread across the arctic until about a 1,000 years ago.


22 posted on 10/18/2005 7:17:44 AM PDT by JustDoItAlways
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To: nickcarraway

Ring binders? Or sizing tools?


23 posted on 10/18/2005 7:29:13 AM PDT by wildbill
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To: BostonianRightist

"Only straight, white men can eliminate entire species."

Really? I always heard that it was a now-vanished race of homosexual men that drove the foo-foo bird to extinction.

The foo-foo was a flightless bird that had pink and lime-green plumage, and an odd walk that caused its tail to swing from side to side. Reportedly, its eggs bore a strong resemblance to large rhinestones.


24 posted on 10/18/2005 7:43:44 AM PDT by dsc
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To: JustDoItAlways

"The Eskimo didn't spread across the arctic until about a 1,000 years ago."

I didn't realize it was that recent.


25 posted on 10/18/2005 7:44:42 AM PDT by dsc
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To: nickcarraway

Frodo bump.


26 posted on 10/18/2005 9:45:21 AM PDT by Ciexyz (Let us always remember, the Lord is in control.)
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